Khalib
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Khalib by the numbers
Khalib was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 15 babies in 2003, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Khalib
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Khalib. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Khalilfriend; one who is close128 in England and Wales (2025)
- Khalideternal; immortal; everlasting185 in England and Wales (2025)
- Khalebwhole heart; a modern spelling of Caleb51 in the US (2017)
- Khalifleader, successor, caliph45 in the US (2017)
- Khaliqthe creator; one of god's names28 in the US (2017)
- Khalispure, sincere17 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Khalib
Names that are said the same way as Khalib, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Calebwhole-hearted, faithful7,093 in the US (2017)
- Kalebwhole heart; a modern spelling of Caleb2,091 in the US (2017)
- Kaylebdevotion to God; a modern spelling of Caleb85 in the US (2017)
- Kailebwhole heart; a spelling variant of Caleb29 in the US (2017)
- Kaleabincrease; grow10 in the US (2017)
- Kallebwhole heart; variant of Caleb7 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Khalib
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